[1][4] He was placed sixth on the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy's list of candidates for the 2014 European Parliament elections.

Huitema stated that while working for MEPs he saw numerous reports, opinions and proposals which looked great in theory but were in practice infeasible, specifically targeting new parts of the Common Agricultural Policy.

[5] After his election he stated it was his intention to return to the family farm every weekend to see what is going on in the Netherlands as not to lose touch with the country.

[1] During his first term from 2014 until 2019, Huitema was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) and the Delegation for relations with Canada.

In addition to his committee assignments, Huitema serves as a member of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the United States.

They stated that farmers in nature reserves near border regions were especially and unfairly affected by the national implications of the European Natura 2000 policy.